After establishing a rough form and visual concept for the pack, i mocked up a test box using board to test whether my measurements were correct. I customised an existing net to satisfy my design. Rather than having a slip opening on the side, i decided i’d prefer to have it at the top for aesthetics purposes as well as functional.

Here are my early mock ups (ps. i have no idea what got spilled on it, looks fairly gross):

The mockup was fairly successful. I had to make a few adjustments before attempting my next mock up to allow for the paper thickness when folding.

After establishing a visual style for the piece, it didn’t take long for the design to come together. I was focusing a lot of my energy into the outside box and dvd case, because i liked the idea of having these pieces tell a story as the user unpacks them, rather than telling the story solely in the book or on the disks.

Here are some shots of the second mock up, which were printed and presented in week 7:

I was very happy with the quality of the outer box, but very unhappy with the dvd pack. Everything about the dvd pack was poor… the print quality, the paper, and after seeing the pack in printed form, i wasn’t totally happy with the imagery!

I presented these pieces in week 7 for critique, along with a short film i had put together which was basically a time lapse of me creating the identity by hand, that features on the front of the dvd pack. The movie is a work in progress, but it was good to show it to get some feedback.

From here, i have to rework the design for the dvd pack (and find a new printer…), design the booklet that is going in the box, finish my movie for the ‘life’ disk, and finish my folio for the ‘work’ disk… a bit to do!